Using volunteers to improve access to community rehabilitation in palliative care: the St Christopher's Living Well at Home Team.

ABSTRACT:

Background

UK hospices often provide outpatient rehabilitation services for people with advanced progressive illness. However, some people are unable to travel, leading to inequity in rehabilitation access.

Objectives

The Living Well at Home Team (LWAHT) at St Christopher's Hospice aimed to evaluate whether using volunteers to support rehabilitation in peoples' homes improved the reach of rehabilitation for people living in underserved localities and if it supported people to optimise their functional independence.

Methods

This service improvement project evaluated hospice rehabilitation uptake during the implementation of volunteer-supported community rehabilitation. Following assessment by an LWAHT therapist, eligible people were matched with a trained volunteer who

SUBMITTER: Preston G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10544964 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature